VETERANS DATABASE

Participant Info

Class Year (or years attended)

1965

Military Service Branch

US Navy

Years of Service

1966 - 1969

Service Academy or ROTC Institution

No

Highest Rank Attained

E-5

Type of Separation

Honorable discharge

Awards and Decorations

Navy Unit Citation, Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Action Ribbon, RVN Gallantry Cross, RVN Civil Action Medal,, First Class, with Palm, RVN campaign Medal & Vietnam Service Medal with

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?

USS Ranger CVA-61, USS Nueces APB-40 - Dong Tam, RVN with the Mobil Riverine Force. Beside being an electrician, my job was to entertain 600 Army troops with music and movies daily.

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment

Watching flight ops on the USS Ranger

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.

Interior communication Electrician class A and C school D

If your service included combat or hostile action describe

USS Nueces, a barracks ship, base for 600 men of the 9th infantry who were ferried up and down the Mekong Delta.

Date of Death and Where They Were Laid to Rest

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